Improvement im inkstands



WILLIAM (J. HASKE LL Improvement in lnkstands;

Patented June 6,1871. i101.

v No. 115,733.

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wmLIAM 0. HASKELIJ, on Bos'roiv, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN iNKSTANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,733, dated June 6,1871.

To allpersons to whom these presents shall come: Be it known that I,WILLIAM 0. HASKELL, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful lmprovedArrangement of Lid to Ink-Wells; and that the following is a full andexact description of the'same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing.

The present invention relates to the lids of ink-wells for school-desks;and it consists of a lid arranged to open and close the mouth of theink-well by being slid within a frame or plate fixed to the top of thedesk in proper position, and constructed with an opening leading to theink-well, and with an extension for covering the lid when slid from overthe mouth of the ink-well.

In the accompanying drawing my improved arrangement of lid to ink-wellsis illustrated- Figure 1 being a plan or top view of the same with theink-well closed; Figs. 2 and 3, sections in plane of lines to w and a w,respectively.

A in the drawing represents a portion of a school-desk top, having ahole, B, with shoulder, 0, through it, for the reception of an ink-well,as ordinarily. D, a plate rectangular in shape, and secured by screwsto, one at each corner, to the' top of the desk, over the ink-well holeB. This plate D, at a point directly over the ink-well, has an opening,E,

corresponding therewith, to allow the well to be used, and under theplate, between it and the desk-top, is arranged a lid, F, of suitableshape and size to entirely close the opening E in the plate when inposition over the same. The lid F is received under the plate D betweenits flanged edges 12, and is adapted to be slid from across the ink-wellmouth to and um der the plate at its portion G, extended beyond itsopening E, the thickness of the lid and the depth of the flanges I)being such as to produce a joint sufficiently close and tight to sealthe ink-well to the passage of air and to the waste of ink byevaporation. f, a knob fixed to lid D for convenience in sliding it; andg, anotch in edge of plate-opening E to receive said knob, when thecover is slid back to open the ink-' well, and thus secure the completeclearance of the lid from the well-mouth.

A lid arrangement such as described obviously possesses many advantagesover the pivoted or hinged lids, among which may be mentioned-it is lessexpensive in labor of fitting, it is neater, it is noiseless, and, aboveall,

it is entirely out of the way of the scholar,

and is not, as with the hinged lids more particularly, an obstruction tothe free use of the desk.

Having thus described my improved ar-.

